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2010-2011 PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM

PRE-SCHOOL for RYLEIGH:
I have spent a lot of time researching and planning a pre-school curriculum for Ryleigh...who will be almost 3 1/2 when our "school year" is going to begin in August... that being said...what I have come up with is tailored to her skill and interest set...

In between now and August I will be "prepping" lessons, making printables/games/activities, hopefully working on our new classroom....and of course...enjoying the nice weather... maybe catching up on sleep

To plan most of our lessons, I used a collection of different books that I have acquired on each subject. In addition I will be using material from Confessions of a Homeschooler as well as other blog's printables. (which will be linked at time of usage). I will also be using printables that I have made (or will make)...all of which will be available under printables on the blog.... This includes Music Theory for Preschoolers....I have a few Piano Students that are of the pre-school age...and I was unable to find a lesson book that was really tailored to them...so in essence I am making my own...at this point, they are not piano specific....

Circle Time

Calendar

Days of the Week

Months of the Year

Holidays

Counting

Number, Letter, Shape, Color, Bible Verse of the Week

1-100 Days of School Countdown

Weather

Songs

Bible

Old Testament

Unit Projects

DVD's Veggie Tales

Pre-writing/writing

Kumon Book of Tracing

Writing Capital Letters

Writing her Name

Writing Numbers 1-10

Reading Skills

Leap Frog DVD's

The Letter Factory

The Talking Word Factory

The Talking Word Factory 2

Recognizing Capital Letters and their sounds (Review)

Recognizing Lowercase Letters and their sounds

Letter of the Week Craft

Find the Letter Printables --Upper and Lower case(Mine)

Beginning sight words

Letter Blends

Correlation between sounds and object: A is for apple...

Rhyming words

Math

Leap Frog DVD's

Math Circus

Math Adventure to the Moon

Number Printables (Mine)

Pattern Printables (Mine)

Number Recognition and counting 1 -100

Counting by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s to 100

Sequencing (Review)

Patterns {Review}

Matching {Review}

Puzzles

Recognizing shapes {Review}

Value of coins and dollar bill

Telling time to the nearest half hour

Addition facts through 10

Opposites

Sets & Logic - Which one is different/ does not belong

Science

Baking (although I suppose this could also go under Math)

Units

Farm Animals

Plants and Flowers

Ocean/ Sea life

Jungle Animals

Weather

Seasons

Fruits/Vegetables

The Five Senses

Hard vs. Soft

Heavy vs. Lite

Float vs. Sink

Projects and field trips

Geography

Compass

North, South, East and West

New York- In depth

50 States (Names, General Regions)

Post Card Exchange to track on classroom map

Projects and field trips

Intro to Spanish

1-20 Numbers

Colors

Days of the Week, Months of the Year

Household and classroom objects (glue, table, phone, stove, etc.)

Simple Phrases

Music

Musical Mondays (here)

Piano Lessons (here)

Worksheet printables that I made for preschool level music theory

Singing, learning about other instruments, rhythm, dancing

Art

Colors (Review)

Mixing Colors/ Color Wheel (Review)

Shades of Colors

Art Group with Michelle (A Mommy's Adventures)

stART projects

crafts

Fine Motor Skills

Practice Cutting

Learning to Tie (Ryleigh is very interested right now)

Fine Motor Activities

Clothespins, Transfers, stickers, etc.

Gross Motor Skills

Dance Class

Catch & Throw

Kicking a Ball

Stopping a Soccer Ball with foot

Passing a Soccer Ball with feet

Pedaling a Bike

Alternating Steps when going up and down stairs

Listening Skills/ Following Directions

***As of now, the plan is to do a total of about 3 hours a week of actual sit down learning...the rest will be done through play, field trips and games***

Tot School for Braeden:

Braeden will have just turned 1 at the start of our year...so obviously time to get it in gear...:)
Circle Time, Art, Music, Puzzles, Some fine motor skills that will be masqueraded as play, Blocks, Lots of being read to, Playing with Ryleigh, Playing with Mommy and Daddy, Playing Solo, Playgroup, perhaps some messy crafts if he is in the mood, learning to walk, learning some words, lots of playing... probably some forms of cute mischief....and hopefully some napping... (it's going to be a busy year!)

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I quit my full time job as an Attorney to stay at home with my daughter Ryleigh. It was the best decision I ever made. Now I practice more as a hobby. Life with a toddler gets pretty interesting at times and I'm busier now than I was when "went" to work everyday!!!!!